Are you having a hard time choosing which color brings out that smart look in you?
A person should know how to use colors more effectively to enhance his personality. Choice of colors is not expensive, but it can add a lot to achieve that smart look.
Sometimes, your choice of color depends upon your mood and your character. A bright, red dress may disturb you if you are shy and retiring. If you are a dynamic person, a delicate pastel may not look right on you.
The best colors are found in one’s body’s natural color scheme – one’s skin, hair, eyes, and lips.
If you have a rosy complexion, you will look well in shades of red and orange tones. Beige with touches of brown is flattering for you.
Here are other colors that will complement you:
Beige - Your best beige is the color of your skin. Match it exactly.
Brown – Your best brown is your hair color.
Gray - If you have reached the gray-hair stage of life, your best gray is the color of your gray hair. Avoid gray that looks muddy or dull when placed next to your skin.
White or Off-Whites - Your best white should not be whiter or brighter than your teeth. People with brown-beige skin look good in brownish off-whites. Almost everyone should avoid grayish whites.
Red - Your best shade of red is your body’s natural blood color. It is the color you turn when you blush or flush. You can see it in the palms of your hands and the inside of your lower lip.
Blue – If blue is your eye color, match it. If it isn’t in your eyes, it is a complementary color for you.
Green – Just like blue, the green of your eye color is your best green. The best green is one with a clear tone or closest to a jade or emerald green. Yellow-greens are harder to wear.
Yellow - Most people have yellow in their eyes. The best yellow to use is the one that is not too bright for your coloring. The hardest to use are lemon yellow and mustard gold.
Black – Some look good in pure black. Others, the best shade would be a brown black or blue black. If your hair is black, black will be a very effective color for you.
Navy – Navy can be nautical blue, bright navy, or royal navy. Your best navy color is determined by noting what it does to your skin tone. If it dulls it, avoid it.
Advancing or warm colors like reds, yellow, and oranges make an object appear larger. Blues, greens, violets – called retreating colors, make a person appear smaller or far away.
Lightness, brightness, shades, and clarity are also attributes of colors you need to consider. Light colors transmit more light. Brightness is that attribute by which an area is judged to emit more or less light. Brightness varies from invisible to dazzling.
As to shades of a color, examples of shades of red are brick red, fire red, and rose red. Clarity refers to the clearness or purity of a color.
What makes color more effective? It is simply the way it looks on you, against your skin, your hair, your eyes – in short, your overall coloring.
Reference:
Santos, Amparo E. Personality for Today’s Youth. Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, 1996.
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